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Royce Jarrell was born in November 1924 and grew up in DeRidder, Louisiana. He was 17 years old and attending...

Albert Reale was born in March 1925 in New Britain, Connecticut. He had a good childhood among his three brothers in a...

Having been rescued from his ditched aircraft at the Battle of Midway, Tony Schneider was taken first to Midway Island...

George Morgan had the unique experience of entering Tokyo Bay prior to the Japanese surrender. His ship was anchored...

Robert Fulton and the crew of the USS Houston (CA-30) spent the first day after the Pearl Harbor attack preparing for...

Bell was born in New Orleans, Louisiana on December 15th, 1918. Before the war, Bell had a business manufacturing...

Towards the end of World War 2, John Carruth, serving in the Navy, was sent to Jacksonville [Annotator's Note:...

Norris Elwyn Gwin was born in June 1925 in Cleveland, Ohio. He was an only child. His father was a veteran of World War...

Hugh Ettinger was assigned to an LST [Annotator's Note: Landing Ship, Tank] in Evansville, Indiana on the Ohio River...

Showers was born on a farm in Iowa. As a student, he remembers the Armed Forces recruiting students. The first station...

David Fisher was born in December 1925 in Evangeline, Louisiana and grew up in Jennings, Louisiana where his family...

Firman Balza was transferred off the ship on 7 April 1944, and watched the Maryland [Annotator's Note: USS Maryland (BB...

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